Traduzione dei significati Versetto 176 Sura Al-A‘râf - Traduzione inglese - Pioneer Transation Center (Ruwwad at-Tarjama) - L'Enciclopedia del Nobile Corano

Versetto: 176

وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَرَفَعۡنَٰهُ بِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُۚ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡكَلۡبِ إِن تَحۡمِلۡ عَلَيۡهِ يَلۡهَثۡ أَوۡ تَتۡرُكۡهُ يَلۡهَثۚ ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاۚ فَٱقۡصُصِ ٱلۡقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

If We had willed, We could have elevated him thereby^[75], but he clung to the [life of the] earth^[76] and followed his desires. His likeness is that of a dog: if you attack it, it pants with its tongue lolling, and if you leave it, it still pants^[77]. Such is the example of the people who reject Our revelations. Therefore, relate the stories, so that they may reflect.

[75] i.e., by the knowledge of the revelations. [76] i.e., its worldly pleasures.
[77] No matter whether they are admonished or not, they will not believe.